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Nicaragua; Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper: Progress Report on National Human Development Plan as of 2010

International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2011

This paper reports on progress made on Nicaraguaâ€™s National Human Development Plan as of 2010. The operational goal for Nicaraguaâ€™s National Human Development Plan is economic growth with increased employment and reduced inequality and poverty. The results for 2007â€“10...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011244377

Do Interest Groups Affect U.S. Immigration Policy?

Mishra, Prachi; Facchini, Giovanni; Mayda, Anna Maria - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2008

While anecdotal evidence suggests that interest groups play a key role in shaping immigration policy, there is no systematic empirical analysis of this issue. In this paper, we construct an industry-level dataset for the United States, by combining information on the number of temporary work...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005263794

Do South-South Trade Agreements Increase Trade? Commodity-Level Evidence from COMESA

Mayda, Anna Maria; Steinberg, Chad - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2007

South-South trade agreements are proliferating: Developing countries signed 70 new agreements between 1990 and 2003. Yet the impact of these agreements is largely unknown. This paper focuses on the static effects of South-South preferential trade agreements stemming from changes in trade...

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Hungary; An Economic Survey

International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 1982

This paper presents an overview of the economy of Hungary. The paper highlights that during the Fifth Five-Year Plan (1976â€“80), actual growth rates for almost all major plan aggregates remained below the targets. The lower targets set for the increase in both consumption and investment in...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005590940

Rwanda; Recent Economic Developments

International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2000

The government of Rwanda has recognized that economic development in most areas would have to be the responsibility of the private sector (particularly since military and civil service employment would be reduced), but that the public sector could still have a role in promoting economic equality...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005591453

Uzbekistan; Selected Issues and Statistical Appendix

International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 1996

This Selected Issues paper and Statistical Appendix analyzes developments in the domestic economy of Uzbekistan. The paper highlights that after declining by 17Â½ percent during 1992â€“94, real GDP fell by only about 1 percent in 1995. The moderation in the output decline was due in part...

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The Output Decline in the Aftermath of Reform; The Cases of Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, and Romania

Ostry, Jonathan David; Borensztein, Eduardo; Demekas, … - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 1992

This paper analyzes the declines in economic activity experienced by Bulgaria, the Czech and Slovak Federal Republic (CSFR), and Romania in the period since the initiation of market-oriented reforms in these countries. The paper reviews developments in the three countries and empirically...

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Trade, Inequality, and the Political Economy of Institutions

Levchenko, Andrei A.; Ão, Quı Toàn - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2006

We analyze the relationship between international trade and the quality of economic institutions, such as contract enforcement, rule of law, and property rights. In our model, firms differ in their preferences for institutional quality, which is determined endogenously in a political economy...

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Yen Bloc or Yuan Bloc; An Analysis of Currency Arrangements in East Asia

Shirono, Kazuko - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2009

This paper examines the role of Japan against that of China in the exchange rate regime in East Asia in light of … growing interest in forming a currency union in the region. The analysis suggests that currency unions with China tend to … if China's relative presence continues to rise in the regional trade. …

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Real Effects of Common Currencies in East Asia

Shirono, Kazuko - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2007

Since the 1997 Asian currency crisis, new interest has emerged in the formation of a common currency area in East Asia. This paper provides estimates of trade and welfare effects of East Asian currency unions, using a micro-founded gravity model. Counter-factual experiments to assess the effects...

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